verb
epimelomō
Strong’sG1959
I take care of, attend to
stem epimel-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐπι-μελέομαι, -οῦμαι
[in LXX: Ge 44:21 (עֵיוַים שִׁים) I Es 6:27, Pr 27:25, Si 33:13 (30:25), I Mac 11:37 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1959 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
also ἐπιμελ-μέλομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; the contraction form prevails in codices, e.g.Refs 4th c.BC+, and is required by the metre in Refs: future ἐπιμελήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; -μεληθήσομαι variant in Refs (Doric dialect 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular -θησεῖ Refs: aorist ἐπεμελήθην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect ἐπιμεμέλημαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.41: active only in Refs:—take care of, have charge or management of, rare in Poets, as Refs 5th c.BC+; [ὑπὲρ] τῆς στρατηγίας Refs 5th c.BC+: c.accusative et infinitive, take care that.. , Refs: c.genitive et infinitive, Refs with indicative future or subjunctive aorist, Foed. cited in Refs: with optative after an aorist, Refs; by ὅπως c.infinitive, Refs; by ὡς with optative (after past tenses), Refs; also ἐ. τινὸς ὅπως ἔσται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2d; by ἵνα c.subjunctive, Refs 2nd c.BC+: with neuter adjective in accusative, take care with respect to a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+: with accusative cognate, ἐ. πᾶσαν ἐπιμέλειαν Refs: absolutely, give heed, attend, Refs 5th c.BC+
2. of public commissions, have charge of, be inspector or curator of, τῶν μοριῶν ἐλαῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁδῶν (of the Roman cura viarum) Refs —in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr., ἐπιμεληθῆναι (_infinitive_ = _imperative_) is usual of a definite commission, ποιήσεως “IG” 22.555, etc. (so -ηθέντωνRefs
3. to be engaged in, cultivate any pursuit, art, etc., δυοῖν τέχναιν Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| epimelitiἐπιμελήσεται | will happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singular | take care of | 1× |
| epimelitaἐπεμελήθη | happened · he/she/itaorist passive indicative 3rd person singular | took care of | 1× |
| epimelisarἘπιμελήθητι | happened · youaorist passive imperative 2nd person singular | take care of | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epimelomō | epimelome | epimelomē | epimelomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | epimelosō | epimelose | epimelosē | epimeloselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epimelotō | epimelote | epimelotē | epimelotelē |
| we 1st person plural | epimelonō | epimelone | epimelonē | epimelonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epimelovō | epimelove | epimelovē | epimelovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | epimelolō | epimelole | epimelolē | epimelolelē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epimelimi | epimelima |
| you 2nd person singular | epimelisi | epimelisa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epimeliti1×ἐπιμελήσεται | epimelita1×ἐπεμελήθη |
| we 1st person plural | epimelini | epimelina |
| ye 2nd person plural | epimelivi | epimeliva |
| they 3rd person plural | epimelili | epimelila |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epimelomeiō | epimelomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | epimeloseiō | epimeloseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epimeloteiō | epimeloteiē |
| we 1st person plural | epimeloneiō | epimeloneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epimeloveiō | epimeloveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | epimeloleiō | epimeloleiē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epimelimeia |
| you 2nd person singular | epimeliseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epimeliteia |
| we 1st person plural | epimelineia |
| ye 2nd person plural | epimeliveia |
| they 3rd person plural | epimelileia |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | epimelosōr | epimelosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epimelotōr | epimelotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | epimelovōr | epimelovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | epimelolōr | epimelolēr |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | epimelisar1×Ἐπιμελήθητι |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epimelitar |
| ye 2nd person plural | epimelivar |
| they 3rd person plural | epimelilar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epimelomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | epimelosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epimelotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | epimelonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | epimelovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | epimeloloiō |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epimelimoia |
| you 2nd person singular | epimelisoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epimelitoia |
| we 1st person plural | epimelinoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | epimelivoia |
| they 3rd person plural | epimeliloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | epimelorō | epimelorē | ||
| acted on passive voice | epimeliri | epimelira |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | epimelorōntos | epimelorēntos | ||
| acted on passive voice | epimelirintos | epimelirantos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
epimel is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
epimeliti“take care of”will happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
1 Timothy 3:5“take care of”… prostēara ouk oidatē, pōs ekklēsau theou epimeliti… someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
epimelita“took care of”happened · he/she/itaorist passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
Luke 10:34… ktēnem agata auton eis pandocheiem kai epimelita autou.… brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
epimelisar“take care of”happened · youaorist passive imperative 2nd person singular1×
Luke 10:35… dēnarieim dōata to pandochevo kai legata; Epimelisar autou, kai hem tinem an prosdapanaseia …… and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my …